Florian Kobierska Baffie
Cell: +33 78369 0626
Email: fbaffie (at) gmail (dot) com
Approximately half of the course will be focused on the basics of:
Before looking at two quite disctinct scenarios (in Norway):
Knowledge of:
“It is essential to see lectures as a means of helping students learn to think about the key concepts of a particular subject, rather than primarily as a means of transferring knowledge from instructor to student.”
Given those course design choices:
| Day | Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed. 02 May | 09:15-12:00 | The water cycle | Høgskbygget 2.etg kl Stad |
| Wed. 02 May | 13:00-16:00 | Excursion drinking water | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Thu. 03 May | 09:15-12:00 | Hydrological processes 1 | Svingen F3 |
| Thu. 03 May | 13:15-16:00 | Exercises | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Fri. 04 May | 09:15-12:00 | Introduction to SW | Svingen F3 |
| Fri. 04 May | 13:00-14:00 | Excursion SW + sewage | Sogndal |
| Day | Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. 07 May | 09:15-12:00 | Hydrological processes 2 | Svingen F3 |
| Tue. 08 May | 09:15-12:00 | Hydrological modelling | Svingen F3 |
| Tue. 08 May | 13:15-16:00 | Exercises | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Wed. 09 May | 09:15-12:00 | Constraints in green infra. | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Wed. 09 May | 13:15-16:00 | Project discussions | My office |
| Day | Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. 14 May | 09:15-12:00 | Hydrological extremes | Svingen F3 |
| Tue. 15 May | 09:15-12:00 | Fluid dynamics | Svingen F3 |
| Tue. 15 May | 09:15-12:00 | Exercises | Svingen F3 |
| Wed. 16 May | 12:15-15:00 | Urban hydraulics | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Day | Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. 21 May | 12:15-15:00 | Floodplain management | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Tue. 22 May | 09:15-12:00 | Open channel | Svingen F3 |
| Tue. 22 May | 13:15-16:00 | Exercises | Stadionbygget 02-04 |
| Wed. 23 May | 08:00-17:30 | Excursion | Lærdal / Flåm |
| Thu. 24 May | 09:15-12:00 | Hydropower | Svingen F3 |
| Fri. 25 May | 08:00-17:30 | Excursion | Jostedal |
| Day | Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. 28 May | 09:15-12:00 | Soils, erosion and deposition | Svingen F3 |
| Tue. 29 May | 09:15-12:00 | Design examples | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Wed. 30 May | 09:15-12:00 | Exercises | Stadionbygget 02-04 |
| Thu. 31 May | 09:15-12:00 | Debriefing and keywords | Stadionbygget 02-02 |
| Day | Time | Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri. 08 Jun | 24:00 | Send project reports | fkba@hvl.no + fronter |
| Tue. 12 Jun | 08:00-16:00 | Group presentations | ? |
| Thu. 14 Jun | 08:00-17:00 | Individual exam | ? |
Most teaching blocks will be structured as follows:
## Your Name
> - **Your Question**
> - Your Answer
We look at different components of the water cycle before diving into more detail.
We will first discuss hydrological processes most relevant to hydrology in Norway: snow hydrology and vegetation processes: Lecture
We then cover groundwater, soil water and runoff generation which are important for the design of green stormwater infrastructure: Lecture
The quiz focuses on the impact of forest on water resources: Quiz
Quantifying floods and droughts helps better designing protection / adaptation measures.
Being able to model streamflow helps make better management decisions such as sizing of reservoirs, culverts or allowances for irrigation. We will look at different modelling concepts used in hydrology, their data requirements, forecasting abilities and limitations.
We will look at water in pressure pipes. This is usually the domain of drinking water only but in somes instances, SW will have to be pumped out of a depression. Alternatively, SW could be used in off-grid design for micro-hydropower production or gravity fed irrigation schemes.
How much flow can an open channel convey? How high will the water level be for a specifc discharge rate and slope? Those questions are important when sizing infrastructure or defining the extend of flood zones.
Water can mobilize particules of various sizes. In extreme cases, boulders can be taken with the flow and form devastating debris flows. On the other hand, the smallest suspended particules are those that carry most pollution in SW runoff
We will try to summarize how hydrology and hydraulic come into play for the design of (green) SW infrastructure. this will involve simplified calculations for small catchments.
Lecture by Deborah Davies (HVL) on natural flood management.
We saw how precipitation led to runoff and how water level in channels varies as a function of discharge. Those results are used to produce flood zoning maps. We will now focus on the bigger picture of flood management in large catchments.
Based on flood zoning maps and the quantification of hydrological extremes in specifc catchments, protection measures can be designed. Those consist of dikes, diverting channels.
This session consists of a full-day excursion with Svein Vågane from NVE Førde.
We will see how alternative land uses may help mitigate catchment-scale flooding and erosion. Some agricultural practices could be applied in urban areas to link SW green infrastrure to local food production.
Lecture by Kyrre Groven (Vestland Forskning)
We will look at the history of reticulated networks for SW and sewage. What are their limitations? Which pollution and flooding problems can be caused by sW runoff? Green SW infrastructure techniques will be introduced.
Lecture by Eli Heiberg (HVL)
Role of green infrastructure in urban storm water management:
Principles, measures and technology for local, open runoff management. We will also discuss the multifunctionality of green infrastructure
We look at some good and bad design examples and try to understand the reasons behing design choices and possibly unintended consequences / uses. Some examples focus on SW infrastructures but not all, in an effort to distinguish important design principles and constraints. This includes legibility. practicallity, multi-functionnality…
Different groups could tackle different design challenges:
Expectations: similar to design projects + explain why it works as it does.
Repair and experiment with the fied infiltrometer and lab permeameter. This could include a review of infiltration measurement methods and improvement of this wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiltrometer
| People | Main project | Second project |
|---|---|---|
| People | project | project2 |
All books are referenced in the HVL library system: https://www.hisf.no/biblioteket/
The are available either onsite at the library, for online reading, or both. Those online can usually be downloaded for 21 days. Some without limits (DL).
Hydrology textbook by H. Savenije
A (not very good looking) resource, but very complete on most aspects of this course:
http://echo2.epfl.ch/VICAIRE/mod_4/chapt_8/main.htm
For future reference, here is a list of keywords (loosely) organized in themes.
Most graphs / pictures from others are not explicitely referenced in the presentations to avoid surcharging them. I tried to save them all in specific pinterest collections (also serves as a list of interesting websites): https://no.pinterest.com/fbaffie
In parallel, I have compiled a youtube playlist for the course: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnOsjFNnFqacBToigfx0YeDee7Tlqeli
Other credits go to Wikipedia, Google maps, Norwegian maps (https://kart.finn.no/, https://norgeskart.no), Swiss Topo (https://map.geo.admin.ch), Sebastian Mermild and previous colleagues for some pictures
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